Validation of Family Management Measure for the Brazilian culture.

Etjective: To validate the Family Management Measure (FaMM) for Brazilian culture.

Method: Quantitative research excerpt, following the recommendations for validation studies. The data presented refer to the last stage of the process.

[Factors influencing Intensive Care Units nurses in end-of-life decisions].

Objective: To identify the factors that influence the Intensive Care Unit nurse in the decision-making process in end-of-life situations.

Method: Ethnographic case study, which used the theoretical framework of medical anthropology. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 10 nurses.

Negotiated reorienting: a grounded theory of nurses' end-of-life decision-making in the intensive care unit.

Background: Intensive care units (ICUs) focus on treatment for those who are critically ill and interventions to prolong life. Ethical issues arise when decisions have to be made regarding the withdrawal and withholding of life-sustaining treatment and the shift to comfort and palliative care. These issues are particularly challenging for nurses when there are varying degrees of uncertainty regarding prognosis.

The practice of nurses caring for families of pediatric inpatients in light of Jean Watson.

Objective To know the facilities and the difficulties of nurses in caring practice of hospitalized children's families in the light of Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring. Method It was used the descriptive qualitative approach. The data collection was conducted in three stages: presentation of theoretical content; engagement with families in the light of Watson's theory; and semi-structured interview with 12 pediatric nurses.

The process of end-of-life care delivery to the families of elderly patients according to the Family Health Strategy.

Objective: To understand the process of end-of-life care delivery to the families of elderly patients according to a Family Health Strategy (FHS) team, to identify the meanings the team attributes to the experience and to build a theoretical model.

Method: Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory were applied. Fourteen professionals working in an FHS located in a country town in the state of São Paulo were interviewed.